The Ladies' Paradise (Oxford World's Classics)

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In her Kishikai state, Mei's body turned into a giant moth; with feathery antennae, vines of anthers emerging from her thorax, and five large petals with eye patterns that acted as wings. The group then moves on to hear Shion's plan of divide everyone into two teams, one finding Tan and the other finding an escape route off the island.

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After being aware that Iwagakure shinobi and the Dōshi have raided the palace, Mei is asked by Sagiri if she was willing to accompany them to confront Rien. Now a widower, Octave has expanded the business into an international retail powerhouse occupying, at the beginning of the book, the greater part of an entire city block. With the situation having gotten worse, Yuzuriha tries her hand at reasoning with Isuzu into cooperating but sees Gantetsusai holding the dead body of Fuchi with complete disapproval of working together with Isuzu. After events involving Lord Tensen led up to the surviving criminals and executioners meeting up in Hōrai, Yuzuriha realized that the only way she and the others could all leave the island alive is through cooperation.After Gabimaru was prepared to risk his life to defeat Chōbei, Mei cried out to him to stop and rushed in to put an end to his fight by using her Tao, knowing full well that it would speed up the process of her Arborification. Fuchi steps in and agrees to make her medicine but demands that she tells him everything about Lord Tensen and herself. After the two become delighted to see her again, Yuzuriha hears Sagiri suggestion in trying to negotiate with the Iwa shinobi since they were employed by the shogun but tells her that it was not up for discussion since they are out to kill the criminals and that their main objective should be on getting the Elixir of Life at the floodgates. Kitsune are also said to keep their promises, a trait Yuzuriha referred to as a reply to Gabimaru asking her for help to fight Rokurōta. Knowing that his Kishikai can only last for about half an hour, Gabimaru first throws a burst of fire towards Ran as to overstimulate him, robbing his sense of judgment and timing.

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At some unknown point in time before leaving the island, Gui Fa had managed to acquire either a replica or the original plant ovule of Mei's and had it cultivated within the Basin to allow her to be revived along with the other Tensens.She manages to survive, which causes Mu Dan to notice that she can perceive Tao, though Yuzuriha didn't know what he was referring to since she knew it as "ki". After Saya confessed her dream of wanting to see fireworks, Yuzuriha had hoped of honoring this dream once she was cured and healthily enough to get out of bed. Before she had a chance to make up her mind, she is shocked to see Gabimaru bleeding from his nose and faints. This shows that the nurse loves Juliet very much, as she is openly saying Juliet was the prettiest baby she had ever nursed and therefore looked after.

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Yuzuriha and Nurugai judges Gantetsusai after underestimating the strength of Lord Tensen and tells their experience with fighting one of them. Right after Gabimaru left for Hōrai and was on the verge of death from battling Zhu Jin, Mei appears besides him and helps him escape by creating a crater leading down a cliff. After the ship leaves, Mei's crumbling soul apologizes to the people that helped her for not being able to flee with them, to Hōko, to the Tensens, and to Rien for not realizing how sadden they were when they banished her and for not being able to stop them. After Gabimaru awakens, Mei provides information about what she knows about Tao and has Fuchi interpret her words. After a year passed since she escaped the island, Yuzuriha has her hair fall back into a ponytail, instead of having it pinned, and wears a floral pattern yukata along with a dark haori.After the group manages to destroy the Zhu Jin-fused Banko, Mei and Yuzuriha run outside the temple and encounter Gui Fa, as a child, holding the Basin. When Tamiya Gantetsusai commented that he found her bottom attractive, she replied that hers was "the sweetest around. Though she had learned the truth, Yuzuriha stated her continuation to serve the Kai clan and was given the twenty days of vacation time as she had hoped from the chief. After being found by Hōko, Mei went into hiding and chose to live out her remaining time on Kotaku being raised by him as his daughter.

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However, Yuzuriha is warned by Gui Fa that Rien's goal to depart to Japan can not be stopped and shows her and Mei what they discovered in Rien's laboratory through a Tao illusion, such as the body found. After the fight, Yuzuriha hears Sagiri becoming upset that the Elixir of Life doesn't exist and comments that they should move on and try to find another way to complete the mission. After meeting her, Yuzuriha and Sagiri got acquainted with Yui and quickly formed a friendship with her to where Yui viewed the two women as her long-lost sisters. However, Gui Fa explains that their plans have changed ever since humans first came to the island in the past. Oku no Itte: Akaame Zonae ( 奥 ( おくの ) 一 ( いっ ) 手 ( て ) 赤 ( あか ) 飴 ( あめ ) 備 ( ぞなえ ) , Literal meaning: Single Back Move: Red Candy Preparation): Yuzuriha combines Ayatsuri Nebaito and Gyōkō to control her hollow soldiers' movements and attacks her opponent from a distance.Yuzuriha is a capable combatant, as proven during the battle royale for the Shinsenkyō expedition where she was able to fend for herself and survive against fellow death row criminals while her hands were tied. After fighting together to defeat Mu Dan, the two have gotten very close, which shows on Yuzuriha's part as she would often try to invade Sagiri's personal space. But first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her in a fool's paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behaviour, as they say; for the gentlewoman is young, and therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing.